The body colours the world
A tired, tense body makes life look smaller and harder. A rested one sees more.
Sound familiar?
Everyone leans on you. There's nothing for you to lean on.
- You're tired of being “nice,” but you don't want to become hard.
- You can't tell anymore which wants are yours — and which belong to your mother, your partner, your feed.
- Your body keeps sending signals you've learned to ignore.
- You rest, and still wake up empty.
- You feel watched and measured — by others, and by yourself.
What this is
Tuning, not fixing.
Nothing about you needs to be repaired. This isn't another program to improve you or another standard to meet. It's tuning — the way a musician tunes an instrument before she plays. First the strings, then the sound.
01
The strings — your body
Sleep, breath, food, movement, touch. The feeling of weight in your belly and ground under your feet. Without tension in the strings, nothing sounds.
02
The resonance — your calm
A quiet, clear centre where you simply are. No one watching, nothing to prove, no one to become.
03
The ear — your own note
When the instrument is in tune, you hear right away what is yours — and what rings false. Desire and intuition stop being a guess.
Real desire has weight. It doesn't lift you into fantasy — it fills you, like water filling a glass.
Your body already knows what is yours. We learn to hear it again.
What we explore
Everything begins in the body.
Who it's for
Either it fits, or it doesn't. Both are good answers.
This is for you if
- you want to understand how your body shapes the way you see your life
- you want to know yourself, not be told who to be
- you're ready to be honest — with yourself and with the world
- you'd rather feel than perform
It's not for you if
- you're looking for medical treatment or a diagnosis
- you want someone to tell you what to want
- you want a quick fix or a polished image
Ways to work together
Small, direct, in person or face to face.
No feeds, no funnels, no performance. Every way of working ends with your own tuning fork — a simple practice to find your note again on your own.
One on one
A tuning session
90 minutes, in person or by video. You come with the problem you keep circling back to. You tell it your way — and then we stop the familiar story. On a simple map, you find where you are. Through your body, not your head, you walk the rest of the way. You don't leave with a plan. You leave the loop.
$190 CAD
Book a session
Monthly membership
The Sanctuary
In the Sanctuary, women learn to find the direction that's truly theirs. Most need only one session — but when the rut runs deep, the old loop can call you back. Come in whenever you need it, stay a while, leave when you're ready. Live gatherings, reviews of what comes up, and practices for the body. Cameras optional.
$250 CAD / month
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House rules
A house you can relax in.
- IWe don't comment on bodies or appearance — yours, mine, or anyone else's.
- IIWhat's shared here stays here.
- IIIYou come with your own question. Nobody hands you someone else's answer.
About me
I'm Valeria Tsoy.
At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi I became the first snowboarder ever to represent Kazakhstan (Valeriya Tsoy on Wikipedia). In May 2026 I earned my Commercial Pilot Licence — Helicopter, issued by Transport Canada. In between, I moved my whole life to a new country and built it again from the ground up.
For years I lived by other people's ambitions and standards, and I know what it's like to be judged for how you look instead of what you do. My body paid for it. What brought me back was learning to hear it again.
Flying taught me presence. When it gets frightening, you keep flying the manoeuvre — you don't run away from your own body. That's what I bring into the Sanctuary.
I'm not a doctor. I'm a woman who learned to tune herself — and who loves helping other women find their own note.
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Questions
What people ask before they write.
Is this therapy?
No. It's body-based practice and conversation, not medical or psychological treatment. If something feels wrong in your body, or you're struggling with your mental health, please see a doctor or a therapist — I'll gladly help you find one.
What happens in a session?
90 minutes, in person in Vancouver or by video. You come with the problem you keep circling back to and tell it your way. Then we stop the familiar story, find on a simple map where you are, and walk the rest of the way through your body, not your head. You don't leave with a plan. You leave the loop.
Do I need to be an athlete?
No. Sanctuary One is for women — athletes or not.
Is there an age limit?
No. You decide whether this is for you.
Is this spiritual?
The work is with your body and your brain: how you sleep, breathe, hold tension, rest and decide. To give it shape, I draw on phenomenology — close attention to how you actually experience things — and on the images of folk tales. But there are no rituals here: no spells, no fortune-telling.
What is The Sanctuary membership?
A monthly membership at $250 CAD: live gatherings, reviews of what comes up, and practices for the body. Most women need only one session; the membership is for when the rut runs deep. Come in whenever you need it, leave when you're ready. Cameras optional.
Is what I share kept private?
Yes. It's a house rule: what's shared here stays here.
Do you work with men?
No. I work only with women.
If you're feeling loopy, let's get you onto a different track.
Book a session directly, or write to me first. No funnels — just a real conversation about whether this fits you.
This is body-based practice and conversation, not medical or psychological treatment. If something in your body feels wrong, please see a doctor — I'll gladly help you find one.
Landscape photos: public domain and CC0, via Wikimedia Commons — U.S. National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, Paul Gilmore, Jeff Cooper, Aleš Krivec, Alex Iby, Hogweard.
Sanctuary One by Valeria Tsoy · valeriatsoy.com/sanctuary · Vancouver, Canada